Curriculum: Plant and Soil Sciences

Concentration: Crop Production

Degree earned: Bachelor of Science in Plant and Soil Sciences: Crop Production

Effective: 07/2009
Updated:

FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall Semester Credit   Spring Semester Credit
CS 103 Introduction to Crop Science
BIO 181 Intro Biology: Ecol, Evol, and Biodiversity
ENG 101 Academic Writing and Research
MA 121 Elements of Calculus
Any 100-level PE in Fitness & Wellness*
GEP Requirement Elective*

1
4
4
3
1
3

16

 

CH 101 Chemistry – A Molecular Science
CH 102 General Chemistry Lab
COM 110 Pub Speaking or COM 112 Inter Comm1
PB 200 Plant Life
ST 311 Intro to Statistics
Interdisciplinary Perspective GEP Elective*

3
1
3
4
3
3

17

 
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall Semester Credit   Spring Semester Credit

ARE 201 Intro to Agri Res Economics2
BIO 183 Intro Biology: Cellular and Molecular Bio
CS 290 Prof Develop in Plant & Soil Sci
SSC 200 Soil Science
GEP Requirement Elective * USD

3
4
1
4
3

15

 

CH 220 Organic Chemistry
CS 213 Crops: Adaptation and Production
GEP Requirement Elective * GK
Plant Science or Free Elective3

4
4
3
4
 
JUNIOR YEAR
Fall Semester Credit   Spring Semester Credit

CS 414 Weed Science
ENT 425 General Entomology
SSC 341 Soil Fertility & Fertilizers
SSC 342 Soil Fertility Lab
GEP Requirement Elective*
Physical Education Elective*

4
3
3
1
3
1

15

 

PB 321 Intro Whole Plant Physiology
CS 211 Plant Genetics
ENG 332 Comm for Business & Management or
  ENG 333 Comm for Science & Research
PY 131 Conceptual Physics
Plant Science or Free Elective3

3
3

3
4
3

16

 
SENIOR YEAR
Fall Semester Credit   Spring Semester Credit

CS 411 Crop Ecology
CS 415 Integrated Pest Management
CS 492 or 493 Internship or Research Exp
PP 315 Plant Pathology
Plant Science or Free Elective3

3
3
3
4
4

17

 

CS 462 Soil-Crop Management Systems
CS (SSC) 490 Senior Seminar
Plant Science or Free Elective3
Interdisciplinary Perspective GEP Elective*

3
1
8
2-3

14-15
 
Minimum Credit Hours Required for Graduation*: 125
 
Footnotes:        
 

Major/Program Footnotes:
1 COM 112 satisfies 3 hours of GEP Social Sciences Requirement
2 ARE 201 fulfills 3 hours of GEP Social Science Requirement
3 Select 12 hours of Plant or Soil Science Electives (CS 224, CS 230, CS 312 CS 424, CS 430, HS 301, HS 411, HS 422, HS 431, PP 2**, SSC 2**); Students have at least 7 hours of free electives ( Several course selection options contained in the Concentration Requirements and Restricted Electives satisfy GEP requirements as well as major requirements. If students select a course that satisfies a GEP requirement they should increase the number of Free Elective hours they take so that the minimum number of hours to graduate (125 hours) has been satisfied.


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General Education Program (GEP) requirements and GEP Footnotes:
To complete the requirements for graduation and the General Education Program, the following category credit hours and co-requisites must be satisfied. University approved GEP course lists for each of the following categories can be found at http://www.ncsu.edu/uap/academic-standards/gep/courselists/index.html .
* Courses/groupings in the above display with an asterisk may fulfill all or part of a GEP requirement. See categories below.

Mathematical Sciences (6 credit hours – one course with MA or ST prefix)
Choose from the University approved GEP Mathematical Sciences course list or the following course(s) if completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill part or all of this requirement: These requirements are met through required courses. Students do not need to take additional math.
Natural Sciences (7 credit hours – include one laboratory course or course with a lab)
Choose from the University approved GEP Natural Sciences course list or the following course(s) if completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill part or all of this requirement: : These requirements are met through required courses. Students do not need to take additional science.
Humanities (6 credit hours selected from two different disciplines/course prefixes)
Choose from the University approved GEP Humanities course list .
Social Sciences (6 credit hours selected from two different disciplines/course prefixes)
Choose from the University approved GEP Social Sciences course list or the following course(s) if completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill part or all of this requirement: 3 hours are met by the ARE 201 requirement; 3 hours are met by the COM 112 requirement
Physical Education/Healthy Living (2 credit hours – at least one 100-level Fitness and Wellness Course)
Choose from the University approved GEP Physical Education/Healthy Living course list.
Additional Breadth - (3 credit hours to be selected from the following checked University approved GEP course lists)
X Humanities/Social Sciences/Visual and Performing Arts
Interdisciplinary Perspectives (5-6 credit hours)
Choose from the University approved GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives course list .
Introduction to Writing (4 credit hours satisfied by completing ENG 101 with a C- or better )

The following Co-Requisites must be satisfied to complete the General Education Program requirements:
U.S. Diversity (USD)
Choose from the University approved GEP U.S. Diversity course list or choose a course identified on the approved GEP course lists as meeting the U.S. Diversity (USD) co-requisite .
Global Knowledge (GK)
Choose from the University approved GEP Global Knowledge course list or choose a course identified on the approved GEP course lists as meeting the Global Knowledge (GK) co-requisite .
Foreign Language proficiency - Proficiency at the FL_102 level is required for graduation.